Sep

03

Wagner Group, Private Equity, Historiography

One of my Sunday morning rituals is listening to  Mark Galeotti's "In Moscow's Shadows" podcast. Galeotti is, in my humble

Sep 3, 2023

8 min read

Aug

07

Some Russian Fiscal and Monetary Politics Watching

This post has been a while in coming, and I am behind many things due to some turbulence in my

Aug 7, 2023

4 min read

May

22

Reading Club Update and The Role of Theory and History (also stuff on dollars and BRI)

A few weeks ago, I did a poll on what to do for a premium feature on this website, and

May 22, 2023

7 min read

May

06

Another note

I am getting a lot of new members here, which is pushing up my fees for running this blog/newsletter.

May 6, 2023

2 min read

Apr

15

Economists We'll Be Talking About: Wassily Leontief

My theory of how economics interacts with policy is a bit more complicated than some more popular accounts. Very good

Apr 15, 2023

9 min read

Apr

12

Wow...

Hi All, My mailbox exploded in the past few weeks with notifications that people were signing up for this website.

Apr 12, 2023

2 min read

Mar

21

Dark Brandon and American Liberal's Disillusionment with Europe

There is a running meme on the internet with relatively left-leaning, younger folks who we'd take to be left-liberals involving

Mar 21, 2023

6 min read

Mar

13

SVB, Bailouts, and How to Regulate Capitalism

The SVB bailout has made me very mad. Not because it is a particularly egregious bailout. Compared to the 2008

Mar 13, 2023

6 min read

Jan

23

No Future: Vladimir Mau, RANEPA, Kirilenko, and the End of the Technocratic Dream in Russia

Suppose you are a reader of this blog/newsletter, and given that you are here, I assume you are. In

Jan 23, 2023

10 min read

Dec

26

Russia's Spookification And North Koreanization PT 1

This post is about Russian politics and ties together my thoughts over the past day, which I have already tweeted

Dec 26, 2022

4 min read